In Sophocles’ play Antigone, a sentry reports the burial of Polyneices to King Creon. The sentry acknowledges that no one loves the bringer of bad news, but is unprepared for the strength of Creon’s reaction. “What you say is intolerable,” the king expostulates. He threatens the sentry with hanging.
在索福克勒斯(Sophocles)的戲劇《安提戈涅》(Antigone)中,一名衛兵向國王克瑞翁報告波呂尼刻斯(Polyneices)被埋葬的訊息。衛兵承認沒有人喜歡帶來壞訊息的人,但他沒料到克瑞翁的反應會如此強烈。國王告誡稱:「你所說的事情是令人無法忍受的。」他威脅要把衛兵絞死。
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